Conf  Pam  12mo  #32 


[House  Bill,  No.      .] 

HOUSE,  September  26,  18G2. — Read  first  and  second  times,  made 
special  order  for  morning  hour  of  Saturday,  27th  September,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Wright,  of  Georgia,  from  Com.  Med.  Hep't. 


A.lsr  A.CT 

To  reorganize  and  promote  the  efHcienc}^  of  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  Armj^ 
1         Section  1.   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
1j     America  do  enact,  That  the  rank,  pay  and  alloAvances  of 
^)     a  brigadier-general   in   the    Army  of   the    Confederate 

4  States  be,  and  the  same   are  hereby,    conferred  on  the 

5  surgeon-general  of  the  same. 

1  Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  there  shall  be  ap- 

2  pointed  in   the   Provisional  Army  of   the   Confederate 

3  States  two  assistant  surgeons- general,  willi  tlie  rank,  pay 

4  and   allowances  of  colonels. of  cavalry  ;  one  medical  in- 

5  spector-general  with   tlie  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a 

6  colonel  of  cavalry,  and  such   number  of  medical  inspec- 

7  tors,  not  exceeding  twelve,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allow- 

8  ances  of  lieutenant-colonels  of  cavalry. 

1         Sec.   '].    Be  it    further  enacted,    That   there  may   Ije 


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2  assigned  to  each   army  in  the  field  or  military   depart- 

0  ment  one  suriieon  as  medical  director,  who,  lor  the  time 

4  so  occupied,  shall  ])e  entitled  to  the  rank.  })ay  and  allow- 

5  ances  of  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  cavaliy  :  that  there  may 

6  be  assigned  to  each  division  one  surgeon  as  division-sur- 

7  geon,   and  to  each  l^rigade  one  surgeon  ?.s  brigade-sur- 

8  geon  and  two  assistant  surgeons  for  staff  or  other  duty. 

1  Sec.  L  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  to  each  regiment 

2  of  cavalry  or  infantry,  tliere  shall  be  assigned  one  surgeon 

0  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  two  assistant  surgeons,  each 

1  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

1  8ec.  5.   Be  it  further  enacted,   That  tliere  shall  be  en- 

2  listed  and  mustered  into  service  an  inlirmary  corps  of 

0  able-bodied  men,  to  be  composed  of  fifty  men  to  each 

4  brigade  of  an  army  in  the  field,  and  said  infirmary  corps 

5  shall  be  organized   into  companies  of  fifty  and  officered 

6  with  one  first  lieutenant  and  one  second   lieutenant,  two 

7  sergeants  and  two  corporals,  and  paid  hi  like  manner  as 

8  connnissioned  officers,  non-commissioned  officers  and  sol- 

9  diers  of  the  Confederate  service. 

1  Sec.  6.  The  appointment  of  a  medical  olficer  of  the 

2  regular   army  to  any  otfice   created  by  this  act  shall  not 

3  alTect  his  rank  hi  the  regular  army.  ^^ 

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